I think it is fair although I can understand the frustration of fans here. But the truth is at this moment it is a fair call. I can only laugh at those making a case against WI and Nz esp after the WC. The truth is all critics can only be shut up by perfomances not talks and bangladesh is not yet in the top league.

The 2015 World Cup will comprise 14 teams, a change from the original ten-team format, which means the Associates are back in the competition, ESPNcricinfo has learned. Four Associate teams will line up alongside ten Full Members in Australia and New Zealand, just like it was during the 2011 World Cup. The decision to reinstate the Associates, which was taken on the third day of the ICC's annual conference in Hong Kong, is a reversal of the ICC's heavily-criticised move to restrict the 2015 tournament to the Full Members.

On Monday, the second day of the conference, the ICC's chief executives' committee (CEC) had recommended to the executive board that there be a qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Cup, giving the Associates hope. It did not specify the number of slots open to Associates though, nor did it recommend a change in the competition's format. The executive board acted on the CEC's recommendation and ensured Associate participation by expanding the tournament from 10 to 14 teams.

As earlier reported, some Members believe the stretch to 14 teams is part of a deal to build support for the last major issue for discussion at the conference: scrapping the rotation policy for the appointment of the ICC president.

The ICC are fast becoming a bigger joke than FIFA. They made the right call by allowing 14 teams to participate in the 2015 WC. However, as can be seen from the Cricinfo article, this decision was taken as a tactic to earn enough votes for scrapping the rotation policy. This shows they are not thinking about the benefit of the game, instead doing whatever they can to fulfil BCCI's agenda.

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Very likely that WI could fall in the tables below us, and it may take longer but NZ could fall as well. With all the series we play against ZIM, we gain easy points and in a few years time that will take us above NZ if all they do is lose outside of the world cup.

We were ahead of NZ...but I think with 2 wins against SA, NZ have probably overtake us again.

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